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by jahewson 930 days ago
It’s been federal law since 1976 that copyright “preempts” any other laws granting overlapping claims. This includes contracts, which fall under state law. Now, strictly speaking the courts are divided on how to treat the specifics of these issues with respect to EULAs, but the Genius vs Google case should leave one weary:

https://patentlyo.com/patent/2022/08/copyright-preempting-co...